IN 135 MINUTES.
« —_ CHRISTCHURCH TO DUNEDIN. (SPECIAL 10 "THE t&ESS.") DTJNMHN. October 19. Captain L. M. ISitt and Sergeant Smith ivero at Soekbura aerodrome D.30 this morning. Just 186 minutes latet their trim/ Haviland edroplaoie DH.9 landed them ou the Dunedin foreshore. « Granted that favourable weather conditions mad© their contribution to the success of the trip, the achievement represents another step ill the development of New Zealand aViatioH; Tiie pilot's observations, it. is expected, will be of great -value in the investigations which have as their object the study of the possibilities of a regular aif service between the two cities. "I was going only eighty miles an hour," was the oursory manner ill which Captain Isitt described the speed of the machine.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18517, 20 October 1925, Page 8
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123IN 135 MINUTES. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18517, 20 October 1925, Page 8
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